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Bloggers who spread false news about Yang Zhenning's death apologized after publishing false news in Weibo. Should they continue to bear legal responsibility?
On March 23, Xu Hao, a lawyer of Shi Jing Law Firm, told the reporter that the rumor-making behavior of the blogger involved has constituted an illegal act, which belongs to civil reputation infringement, and needs to be apologized and can be subject to certain administrative penalties.

Xu Hao said that those who spread rumors, lied about dangerous situations, epidemic situations and police situations, or intentionally disturbed public order by other means, or publicly insulted others or fabricated facts to slander others, which did not constitute a crime, should be given administrative penalties such as detention and fines according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment.

The blogger involved deleted the article in time and apologized and punished himself. In this regard, Xu Hao said that this is a sign of positive repentance, which eliminated the adverse effects in time and recovered the losses, and the circumstances can be given a lighter punishment. As for punishment, how to punish? It needs to be decided by law enforcement agencies.

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Weibo V forwards unfounded content, which leads to the spread of rumors and the punishment will be heavier:

The reporter found that the blogger currently has 6.5438+0.08 million fans. Xu Hao said that Weibo V has a strong network influence, and its legal duty of care is higher than that of ordinary people. Before forwarding information, it needs to consider whether the information is true and whether the wording is appropriate. If Weibo V forwards unfounded content, which leads to the spread of rumors, the punishment will be heavier.

"Although online rumors have no wings, they spread very fast." Xu Hao said that at present, the crackdown on online rumors in China is constantly strengthening, but because many rumors are published anonymously, it is still difficult for law enforcement agencies to crack down on rumors. Xu Hao said that although many rumors were clarified afterwards, the impact was still difficult to eliminate. Combating online rumors requires citizens' awareness of law-abiding.

Beijing News-Blog apologizes for spreading false news about Yang Zhenning's death. Lawyer: It belongs to civil reputation infringement.